Sunday, October 04, 2026

Lets Craft Together some Gift Packaging




Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.


Tonight I'm hopping with an awesome bunch of talented Australian crafters who love sharing with you!!


And this month our blog hop is all about Treat Packagaing!!  - Time to share the sweetness of giving!!  


The Advent Boxes are just PERFECT to decorate and share!!  The come in a pack of 24 stampable boxes which is just over $1 each!!!


I have wrapped some lovely Wood Wonders designer paper around the sides of the assembled box, and then cut a piece the exact size for the lid of the box so that you can still open the box and not break the cute wrapping.


I do love a monochrome theme, so I've used Pecan Pie for my ink and cardstock and this coordinates perfectly with the Kraft cardstock used for the box.  The label with the greeting was mounted onto a punched shape using the Rounded Rectangle punch - and I could have used the same punch to round the corners of the label too!  


I've used the sweet little lolly for the decorative detail on my blox and stamped and coloured  and cut them all using Golden Glow ink.  I love the effect of the lovely Neutral Jute tied through the centre!  


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Sunday, September 27, 2026

Home for Christmas scrapping inspiration CTC#589


Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.


Tonight you get to enjoy our amazing CASEING the CATTY blog hop.  To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues (catty!)


This week, we are CASEING a scrapbooking layout as our starting point for inspiration!!



I've used one of the layouts from the Home for Christmas Scrapbooking workshop kit to get me started.


My card is very simple and only slightly different to the scraplayout.  I've cut a couple of trees from the gorgeous Timeless Metallic paper, fussy cut one from the Home for Christmas DSP and used a sticker from the Home for Christmas sticker sheet (along with the cute little stars)


I do love the fabulous scallop edge die!!  It has so much potential for flexiblity!!  


Inside the card, I've added more strips of paper and another little tree!

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Twinkling Tidings Colour Challenge with Colour INKspirations #218


Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.


Tonight I'm joining in with the Colour INKspiration crew and our awesome colour combination!!


I love this country kitchen vibe of the inspirataion picture!!  The gingham pillows really appealed to me and helped guide me in the direction of my cards!


I've used the Softly Woven embossing folder to pick up the gingham vibe behind the lovely Twinkling Tidings Christmas Tree.


My tree is actually created with the reverse foil element of the Twinkling Tidings bundle and red hot foil.


I love those garland lights decorating the tree!!  The greeting comes from Joyful Friends which has some great mix and match greetings for the holidays.


After I'd made this card, I then thought a bit more about the gingham detail from the inspiration pic, so tried adding Peacan Pie ink to the Softly Woven embossed panel to mimic the effect.


This time the tree was created using White Embossing Powder and heat embossing the leafy image of the tree.  


And my greeting this time comes from the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set.


I love the Black Iridescent ribbon!!  


Which is your favourite tree using this colour combination?


INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use neutrals such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.




Twinkling Tidings Colour Challenge


Lets Craft Together some Gift Packaging

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